Psalms 5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Meditation — My prayer accompanied with deep thoughts and fervent affections of soul.

Morning — Every morning. As soon as I wake, I am still with thee, as he saith, Psalms 139:18. The first thing that I do is to pray to thee.

Surely — Thou dost not approve of, nor delight in them, or in their prayers. Dwelt — Have any fellowship with thee.

Come — With holy boldness and confidence. Mercy — Trusting only in thy great mercy. Fear — With an holy dread and reverence of thy majesty. Towards — Looking towards it, when I cannot come to it.

Righteousness — In thy righteous laws. Because — That I may give them no occasion of slandering me, or religion for my sake. The way — The way wherein thou wouldst have to one walk. Plain — That I may clearly discern it, and readily walk in it.

Throat — Wide opened ready to devour all that come within their reach. A metaphor from wild beasts gaping for the prey.

Destroy — Condemn and punish them. Cast — Out of thy land, and from among thy people.